Humble, Texas

== History ==
[[File:HumbleTXSign.JPG|thumb|Sign marking Humble]]
The first settlers began moving into the Humble area in the early 19th century. Joseph Dunman is believed to be the first settler in 1828. A ferry was built nearby, across the [[San Jacinto River (Texas)|San Jacinto River]]. The area of Humble became a center for commercial activity due to the region's large [[petroleum|oil]] industry.<ref name="City of Humble Texas">{{cite web|url= http://www.cityofhumble.org/|title=  City of Humble Texas|publisher= City of Humble Texas |access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref>

The city got its name from one of the original founders/settlers, Pleasant Smith Humble, who opened the first post office in his home and later served as [[justice of the peace]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=26577|title=Profile for Humble, Texas, TX|publisher= ePodunk|access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref> In 1883, a [[city directory]] reported that he operated a fruit stand. In 1885, he was a wood dealer, and in 1900, the District 99, Justice Pct. 4, Harris Co., Texas Census reported his occupation as attorney at law.

Humble became an oil [[boomtown]] in the early 1900 when oil was first produced there.<ref name="Humble, Tx">{{cite web|url= https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfh08 |title= Humble, Tx |publisher= Texas State Historical Association |access-date= January 21, 2020}}</ref> The first oil was produced a couple years after the famous [[Spindletop]] discovery in [[Beaumont, Texas]]. [[Railroad]] linkage was established in 1904, and shortly thereafter the first tank car of oil was shipped out of Humble's oil field. By 
1905 the Humble oilfield was the biggest producing field in Texas.<ref name="Humble, Tx"/> The Humble oil fields are still active and have produced over {{convert|138835590|oilbbl}} of oil.  The town was the home of the [[Humble Oil|Humble Oil & Refining Company]], founded in 1911, a predecessor of [[Exxon]]. When the oil boom receded, many land owners returned to truck farming, dairy farming and the timber industry.

Humble City Council passed, by a 5–1 vote, a public [[smoking ban]] on that took effect on March 6, 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy-news/article/Humble-says-no-to-smoking-in-public-3386459.php|title= Humble says no to smoking in public|newspaper= Chron|publisher= Houston Chronicle|access-date= January 12, 2021|last1= Kirk|first1= By Bryan}}</ref>